Power Research

Ankit Anand ¹, Srikumar Nayek ¹, Abhay Singh Gour ¹, V. V. Rao ¹

Affiliations
1 Cryogenic Engineering Center, IIT Kharagpur – 721302, West Bengal, IN

Abstract

High Temperature Superconductor (HTS) tapes experiences tension, bending and torsion along with stress due to thermal cycling and electromagnetic forces during operation. This combined effect of mechanical forces, moments and stresses can affect the performance of superconducting tape. In this paper investigation of I-V characteristic of Superpower makes 2G HTS stacked tapes under strain.

Keywords

Critical Current, Cryogenic UTM, HTS Tape, Stacked HTS Tape, Strain

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Srikumar Nayek ¹, Ankit Anand ¹, Abhay S. Gour ¹, V. V. Rao ¹

Affiliations
1 Cryogenic Engineering Center, IIT Kharagpur – 721302, West Bengal, IN

Abstract

HTS cables are designed to carry bulk power with high ampacity in superconducting state. These cables require terminal connectors of same ampacity to transfer power from source to load via HTS cable. This paper deals with thermal analysis of 2 kA, 220V DC terminal connector for HTS cable. The ohmic losses were computed and were used as an input for steady state thermal analysis of HTS terminal connector. Based on thermal analysis optimal location of feed through is estimated for thermal stability of HTS cable.

Keywords

Cryogenics, End Termination, Heat Transfer, HTS Cable, FEM

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